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The report led to an investigation by the Investigations Unit of the Redmond Police Department.

For a sound like nails being dragged down a chalkboard, try a pack of Piccolo Petes for $2.99. For a fountain of purple and gold sparkles, try the Purple Rain, $11.99 for a pack of four.

The top of Pilot Butte will be closed to the public starting at noon today, and the entire butte will be closed for the fireworks show and preparation from noon Saturday, July 4, until Sunday morning.

Upon arrival, Sheriff's Deputies learned the fire was actually a vehicle, fully engulfed in flames and some of the surrounding trees and foliage were starting to burn as well.

The plans were approved Monday morning, by the Deschutes County Board of Commissioners.

Nickolas Tyler, who goes by “NT,” helps prepare breakfast with Chuck Geschke for a group of homeless people at Pioneer Park in Bend on Thursday.

New La Pine elementary • $8.5 million • Scheduled to open in fall 2010 Pilot Butte Middle School Remodel and expansion • $4.75 million • Scheduled for completion in October Bend High technology center • $4.5 million • Scheduled for completion in December La Pine High School Remodel and expansion • ...

A Three drug busts, five arrests and one busy week for Central Oregon's Drug Enforcement Team.A Wednesday night, near La Pine, code detectives seize more than two hundred marijuana plants growing inside a barn, where the residents also lived.A Officers find eleven firearms inside, including two shot guns and an AK-47.A Target practice could often ...

On a recent fishing trip, Silverton resident John Webster reeled in more than he expected from the chilly waters of East Lake near La Pine.

The Deschutes County Sheriff's Office says the incident occurred late Saturday at a La Pine home, when 57-year-old Karen Tharp tried to call 9-1-1 during a verbal dispute with 23-year-old Nathan Kelly.

To say 2009 has been a tough year for Central Oregon's largest employers is putting it mildly, and it's not a topic that is freely discussed - of the 10 largest employers in the region only three would go on record to discuss how business has fared since October 2008, when the economy dramatically spiraled downward.

A man accused of holding up a Bend bank this week is a former police officer fired for stealing marijuana from an evidence locker.

A former Henrico County police officer who pleaded guilty in 2006 to stealing marijuana from the evidence room has been arrested and charged with holding up a bank in Bend, Ore., a television station there is reporting on its Web site.

For music fans, summer means one thing: festivals, festivals, festivals . After a fall, winter and spring of crowding into dark, sweaty bars and clubs for live music, therea s something about crowding into bright, sweaty pastures for live music that just sounds so refreshing.

"Teen struck by lightning goes back to school" Views: more photos order photo Austin Melton, left, talks with La Pine Middle School classmates Kayla Miller, center, and Allison Farleigh, all 14, about being struck by lightning.

He jokes: - Some people are calling me Miracle Boy, but I kind of like Sparky' Video A A Teen recounts lightning strike June 8: 14-year-old Austin Melton is lucky to be alive after being struck by lightning in Oregon.

A "There was no church that Wednesday, but I asked if I could stay after for a basket ball game," says Austin.

Lightning hit a 14-year-old boy on the edge of a parking lot at LaPine High School, putting him in the hospital in serious condition.

OREGON: A 14-year-old La Pine boy is recovering at a Portland hospital after he was struck by lightning on the edge of a parking lot at La Pine High School.

Austin Melton, 14 is sharing his remarkable story of survival. The La Pine Oregon boy was hit by lightning Wednesday evening during a large storm.